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Sophomore guard Reginald Gee (12) posted 16 points for Alabama State in their loss to Louisiana Tech on Thursday to open the New Orleans Shootout. (Header: Liberty Athletics)

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Friday’s contest marks the end of non-conference play for both the Liberty Flames and Alabama State Hornets, and both are looking to cap things off with a win.

Both the Flames and Hornets lost their first games at the New Orleans Shootout on Thursday. Liberty fell to the Fort Wayne Mastodons, 75-74, while Alabama State failed to pick up their first win of the season against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, 74-62. With Friday being the last opportunity for both schools to build some momentum before the grind of conference play begins, you can bet both will look to come out of the gate strong.

Liberty and Alabama State square off at 1:00pm EST, with the Mastodons and Bulldogs set to square off shortly after the completion of the first game. The games are being played at the Xavier Convocation Center, which is home to the Xavier University of Louisiana Gold Rush (men) and Gold Nuggets (women).

Here’s what you need to know about both teams in advance of the opening tip.

Despite Mississippi Valley State owning a poor record in 2015-16, Marcus Romain established himself as an up-coming star in the SWAC, averaging 18.6 points in his first season with the Delta Devils.

With the exhibition season in full swing, and coming to a close early this week, that can mean only one thing.

The 2016-17 college basketball regular season is just around the corner!

Things get underway Friday, November 11th at Noon EST with the first regular season game of the season, and there will be a plethora of talent on display across all 32 conferences all season long.

Before the season gets started, we decided to hand out some preseason hardware, in the form of our Conference Player of the Year award and All-Conference Teams.

Along with that, we have the College Court Report All-Americans, and the Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List. Links to all of the conference awards and the Watch List can be found at the bottom of each article.

On Saturday evening, in the Wildcats’ opener, Jack Gibbs put up big numbers in Davidson’s win over Central Florida.

The 2015-16 college basketball regular season is finally here, and we have seen our fair share of major upsets and great individual performances over the course of the first two days. If this is any indication, we are in for one heck of a season.

Each day, we will hand out some awards for the top three individual performances from the night before. Opening night saw its fair share of big time individual performances that were critical in the wins for their respective teams.